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AUS i6, 932 s. E. CAI-:oom ET AL vg'm'g PREGOATING DEvcE Filed Sept. 9, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 1.6, 1932 UNITED STATES SIDNEY E. CABOON AND WILLIAM BACLDOB, OF WOOD-RIVER, ILLINOIS, .ASSIGNOEBy .PATENT OFFICE 'ro STANDARD oII, COMPANY, oF WRITING, INDIANA1 A coRPoRA'rIoN or INDIANA :PREcoA'rINs DEVICE Application. mea 'september s, 192s. serial No. 391,321.

This invention relatesto improvements in the removal of wax from hydrocarbon oils, and more particularly higher melting paralin waxes from chilled viscous lubricating oils, or solutions thereof, by means of'continuous rotating drum or disc filters.

One of the objects of the invention .is toy provide simple and effective ineans for dis'- tributing a precoating material in an even and uniform layer upon the surface of the rotating filter leaves or sectors soas to eEect the ready removal of the waxy material I .which forms a cake upon the precoating layer leaves of the during the filtering operation. 4Other ob-l kjects and advantages will appear as the speciication proceeds.

The invention is fully described in the fol-v lowing specication and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a view, in elevation, of a continuous filtering device ofthe rotating disc type; Fig. 2 is a top plan view ofthe apparatus; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed sectional View, the section being taken as indicated at line 3 of Fig. 1; and l Fig. 4 is an enlarged detailed sectional view, the section being taken as indicated a line 4 of Fig. 1. f Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates a filter disc-or frame, mounted on the horizontal rotating drum 11. The filter disc 10 is of a common type, well known in the industry, being made up of sector-shaped sections or leaves 12 between the radial supporting members v13',

-there being a filter medium, either of textile or metal cloth 14, on each face of each sectionr The disc or frame 10 revolves in a container 15 of the usual type. A scraperor knife 16, of the usual t pe, is supported against the ter so as to vremove the cake formed thereupon.

As described more fully in coendin application, Serial No. 375,147, ed J u y 1, 1929, it has ybeen found highly desirable to precoat the surface of the leaves or filter sectors just before they enter the body of material to be filtered, with a thin, even layer of an inert finely divided, solid material, such as kieselguhr, filter clay, diatomaceous earth,

infusorial earth such as Super-Cel, or the like, in order to effect a ready removal-of the wax cake which is subsequently formed upl'on the filter leaves. Considerable diliculty as been experienced in attempting to form an even, uniform layer of the precoating material upon the lilter disc sectors or leaves, inasmuch as the outer edge surface of the sectors travels at a greaterlinear speed than the inner surface portion.

y. In order to secure an.' even distribution of the precoating material upon the filter surfaces, we'have devised the following apparatus. A disc 17 is rotatably supported in a frame 18 adjacent the filter frame soas to re volve in a planeA at substantially right angles to the surface ofthe leaves or sectors. The disc is preferably enclosed by a metal guard or spray guide 19 which extends forwardly to the surface of the filter leaf and is so shaped"- 7o filter leaves or sectors. ,'By changing the point at which the slurry drops 'on the disc, i. e., placing this point closer or farther away from the center of the disc, the, amount of precoating material going on the outer edge j of the filter leaf per unit of area can be made substantially the same as that on the 'inner edge where there isless area to be covered.

Any excess slurry drodps into the trough 23 .underneath the disc an is returned by con-l duit 24 to the circulating pump (not shown).

The pump returns the material to the for reuse.

As illustrated in Fig. 2, a rotating disc-17 is placed on each side of the filter frame 10 sor 96 as to precoat both surfaces of the filter leaves thereon. If more than one. filter disc is em ployed, one of the distributor discsmay be placed between adjacent filterl discs and the points at which the slurry is dropped on the practice,

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filter disk, means for rotating the rotatable slurry of this kind, the slurry may be dropped attwo points instead of one, in order to-get the proper distribution of the slurry.

In the operation of the apparatus, the oil slurry is discharged at the proper point upon the rapidly rotating distributor disc 17 and is thrown in a sheet of droplets at substantially` right angles to the surface of the filter leaves, so as to cover the leaves, as they rotate, with an even layer of precoating material. In

it has been found desirable to operate the distributor disc 17 at a speed ofabout 1500 revolutions per minute. rllhe speed rate, however, will vary with various factors, such as thickness of the slurry, etc.

lAs the lter disc 10 is rotated, each sector is subjected, in succession, to a cycle of operations wherein it is first coated with a thin, even layer of lprecoating material; it then travels through the body of chilled wax-conmethods which involvel direct contact ofthe precoating member with the filter cloth. The apparatus gives a uniform and even layer of the precoatlng material over the entire filterin surfaces.

he foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly as permissible, in view of the prior art.

We claim: l. In combination a filter disk, a rotatable disk mounted adjacent one side of the disk in such a direction that the periphery of the rotatable disk moves in a direction from the periphery of the filterpdisk toward the center thereof, and means for 'applying a to said rotatable disk at a point between thecenter' of said disk and the periphery thereof whereby a larger amount of slurry will be thrown toward the periphery` of the rfilter disk than will be thrown toward the center portion thereof and means to -taining oils in the pan 15 while suction is aplaXS, means OI rotating plied to draw wax-free oil through the sectors direct the slurry toward the lter disk and to catch excess slurry which is thrown from the rotatable disk and which does not adhere to the filter disk.

2. In apparatus of the class described, a,

amount thrown toward the center portions thereof, and a guard which is substantially straight between the distributor and the periphery of the lilter disk and is flaredl on the other side toward the center of the lter disk.

3. In apparatus of the class described, a filter disk mounted to rotate in a substantially vertical plane, a distributor disk mounted to rotate in a substantially horizontal plane about a substantially vertical said distributor disk sothat the periphery thereof moves in a direction fromthe periphery of the filter disk toward the center thereof, means for feeding a coating material on the distributor disk at an eccentric position adjusted so that the amount of coating substance thrown toward the periphery of the filter disk exceeds the amount thrown toward the center portions thereof, and means for directing more of the coating material against the periphery of the lter disk than is directed against the center thereof.

4:. In apparatus of the class described, a filter disc mounted to rotate in tially vertical plane, a distributor disc mounted to rotate in a substantially horizontal plane adjacent thereto about a substantially vertical axis, means for applying a feed to said distributor disc at ,an eccentrically located point near to the faster moving periphery of the lter disc whereby the amount of coating substances thrown toward'the periphery of the filter disc exceeds the amount thrown toward the center portions thereof, and means to direct the slurry towards the filter disc and to catch excess slurry which is thrown from the distributor disc and which does not adhere to the filter disc.

y SIDNEY E. CAI-ICON.

WILLIAM ABACI-IELDOR.

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